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800–701 BC

Biblical Hebrew words first recorded in the 8th century BC

2 Biblical Hebrew words whose earliest known written record dates from the 8th century BC, earliest first. Words dated only to part of the century follow the ones with a year.

  1. עם

    800 BC

    1. The noun “people” is inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʕamm- (“paternal kinsman, relative”). Kogan explains the sense “people”, found in Classical Syriac ܥܲܡܵܐ (ʿammā), Arabic عَمّ (ʿamm) and…

  2. שם

    800 BC

    1. The noun “name” is inherited from Proto-Semitic *šim- (“name”), one of the words found throughout Semitic. It is Akkadian šumu, Ugaritic šm, Phoenician šm, Aramaic שְׁמָא (šəmā), Classical Syriac…

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